Talk about damning with faint praise. It's a bit like saying someone is a better TT rider than fronky schlonky

Well to be honest I haven't seen a lot of evidence Goss is much of a climber (anyone got anything on him climbing well in strong company other than the lumps at the end of MSR)?. He's well down on the puncheurs who in turn are a far cry from the real climbers. I'd describe him as a sprinter who can climb a bit.

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Well Greipel was considered worse than Cav for along time but on Stage 13 of the Tour he was the only sprinter to get over the final climb, leaving Goss and Cav behind. I think for whatever reason Goss (who didn't have the greatest start to the season ) has suffered this year always being around the mark but not quite getting back to his form from 2011. Fingers crossed for next year.

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was pretty obvious that GB leader crashed on purpose on day 1 of the track program when watching their reply. Once they said the rules were a restart if you crash within 30m i knew it was deliberate. Comes down to the UCI allowing such a rule though.

Was disappointed with Anna last night. Fingers crossed she can bounce back. It is amazing comparing her and Vic's build. You'd expect Anne to smash her but Vic has such a turn of speed out of those little legs.

Knew the pursuit team didn't have a chance so not really shocked there.

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vander wrote:Olympic tris are draft legal lots of tris arent but these are.

Thanks. Makes the race rather meaningless when drafting is allowed. Interesting they weren't using a pace line to save energy while none was able to breakaway either.

I agree very silly its a runners event now that is where it really thins out. You need to be able to keep up in the swim and ride OK but you need to be able to run almost aswell as the proper distance runners. I dont like it personally but I think it was to make the events more exciting as it was in the end.

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